Apple Announces Japanese New Year Promotion With Exclusive AirTag

Apple today announced the upcoming launch of its annual New Year promotion in Japan, providing customers with a free Apple gift card worth up to ¥30,000 with the purchase of eligible Apple devices.

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Customers in Japan can get an Apple gift card when shopping at Apple from January 2 to January 5, and as a bonus, the first 50,000 people to purchase an iPhone 15, ‌iPhone‌ 14, or ‌iPhone‌ SE will get an exclusive Year of the Snake AirTag.

Apple is offering up to ¥11,000 for an ‌iPhone‌ purchase, up to ¥30,000 when buying a MacBook Air, up to ¥15,000 for a current-generation iPad, iPad Air, or iPad Pro, ¥11,000 for an Apple Watch, and up to ¥12,000 for AirPods Max, AirPods 4, or AirPods Pro 2. Apple is also offering gift cards alongside the purchase of the Apple TV, select Beats headphones, and select Apple accessories, with full details available on Apple's Japan website.

According to Apple's Terms and Conditions for the promotion, it is only available to customers who make a purchase in a retail store or through the website, and not through the Apple Store app.

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Top Rated Comments

lars666 Avatar
12 months ago

Get excited, everyone, for the ALL NEW AirTag! AirTag is known for best-in-class location while maintaining industry-leading privacy protections. Now, AirTag has an ALL NEW design, EXCLUSIVE to our customers in Japan. This takes the AirTag to a whole new level and we think you're gonna love it. We can't wait to show you the incredible products like the ALL NEW AirTag that are in the pipeline!
Trying hard to diss Apple? It's just a nice exclusive AirTag design for Japan's New Year's Eve Promotion, that's all. Relax.
Score: 10 Votes (Like | Disagree)
75Batt Avatar
12 months ago

Trying hard to diss me? It's just a joke, that's all. Relax.
Jokes are supposed to be funny
Score: 6 Votes (Like | Disagree)
timborama Avatar
12 months ago
Good way to unload soon-to-be-outdated AirTags.
Score: 4 Votes (Like | Disagree)
danny842003 Avatar
12 months ago

Trying hard to diss me? It's just a joke, that's all. Relax.
Jokes are supposed to be funny though.
Score: 3 Votes (Like | Disagree)
lk400 Avatar
12 months ago

Get excited, everyone, for the ALL NEW AirTag! AirTag is known for best-in-class location while maintaining industry-leading privacy protections. Now, AirTag has an ALL NEW design, EXCLUSIVE to our customers in Japan. This takes the AirTag to a whole new level and we think you're gonna love it. We can't wait to show you the incredible products like the ALL NEW AirTag that are in the pipeline!
It’s very common here to have some sort of special product for the new year. Apple used to do lucky bags but I think they have stopped. I believe Apple do similar things for Chinese new year (Japanese new year is celebrated in a very similar way, just aligned with the western calendar).
Score: 1 Votes (Like | Disagree)
victorvictoria Avatar
12 months ago

Good way to unload soon-to-be-outdated AirTags.
Hold on a second: when people find out they can't disable the speakers in the new AirTags, the "outdated" ones will be selling at a premium on eBay. I have 4 spare ones, and I'll sell them to you right now for $100/each!
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